Achieving your Assessment and Quality Assurance Units (TAQA)

2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4462-7445-3
Verlag: Learning Matters

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 505 g

Reihe: Further Education and Skills

This edition of the focused and comprehensive text written for TAQA learners and all trainee assessors and quality assurers is another essential support text from bestselling author Ann Gravells. The content covers all assessor and quality assurance units and is easy-to-read and clearly structured. This edition has been enhanced with new chapters; and has activities and examples to help you link theory with practice.

It includes:

*cross references to the qualification units and the national occupational standards;

*two new chapters covering the external quality assurance role;

*completed examples of templates and forms for assessors, internal and external quality assurers;

*ideas for evidence that can be used towards achievement of each unit;

*new bullet lists, tables and checklists.

TAQA, and other assessor and quality assurer trainees will find this text both an invaluable resource for their course and useful handbook to take into practice.
Please note: This book has since been updated into two books: Principles and Practices of Assessment, and Principles and Practices of Quality Assurance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gravells, Ann

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung, lebenslanges Lernen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wirtschaftspädagogik, Berufspädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Principles and Practices of Assessment
Assessing Occupational Competence in the Work Environment
Assessing Vocational Skills, Knowledge and Understanding
Principles and Practices of Internally Assuring the Quality of Assessment
Internally Assuring the Quality of Assessment
Principles and Practices of Externally Assuring the Quality of Assessment
Externally Assuring the Quality of Assessement
Plan, Allocate and Monitor Work
Appendices
Unit 1: Understanding the principles and practices of assessment
Unit 2: Assess occupational competence in the work environment
Unit 3: Assess vocational skills, knowledge and understanding
Unit 4: Understanding the principles and practices of internally assuring the quality of assessment
Unit 5: Internally assure the quality of assessment
Unit 6: Understanding the principles and practices of externally assuring the quality of assessment
Unit 7: Externally assure the quality of assessment
Unit 8: Plan, allocate and monitor work in own area of responsibility
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gravells, Ann
Ann has been teaching, assessing and quality assuring in the FE and skills sector since 1983. Ann holds a Masters in Educational Management, a PGCE, a Degree in Education, and a Medal of Excellence for teaching. She is a Fellow of the Society for Education and Training, and holds QTLS status. Ann has been writing textbooks since 2006 which are mainly based on her own experiences as a teacher, and the subsequent education of trainee teachers. She aims to write in plain English to help anyone with their role. She creates resources for teachers and learners such as PowerPoints and handouts for the assessment, quality assurance, and teacher training qualifications which are available via her website. Ann has also worked for several awarding organisations producing qualification guidance, policies and procedures, training new staff, and carrying out the external quality assurance of teaching, assessment and quality assurance qualifications.

Ann is the author of the following text books:·
*The Award in Education and Training (2025)
*Principles and Practices of Teaching and Training (2017)
*Principles and Practices of Quality Assurance (2016)
*Principles and Practices of Assessment (2015)
*Achieving your Assessment and Quality Assurance Units (TAQA) (2014)
*Passing Assessments for the Award in Education and Training (2013)
*Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (2012)
*Passing PTLLS Assessments (2012)
*What is Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector? (2012)
*Delivering Employability Skills in the Lifelong Learning Sector (2010)
*Delivering Adult Learning (2006)

She is co-author of:
*Achieving your Diploma in Education (FE & Skills) (2024)
*The Best Vocational Trainer’s Guide (2015)
*The Certificate in Education and Training (2014)
*Passing Assessments for the Certificate in Education and Training (2014)
*Equality and Diversity in the Lifelong Learning Sector (2012)
*Planning and Enabling Learning in the Lifelong Learning Sector (2010)
*Passing CTLLS Assessments (2010)

She has edited:·
*50 Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance Approaches (2021)
*50 Assessment Approaches (2020)
*50 Teaching and Learning Approaches (2019)
*Achieving QTLS Status (2018)
*Study Skills for PTLLS (2012)